Robert McLeod                                                             

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​"The Protector"  graphite pencil, 2018
"A Mother's Love"  oil, 2021
"Magazine Model"  oil, 2020
Robert "Bob" McLeod was born and raised in Southwest Atlanta.  His first art training came in his teens through the "Famous Artists Correspondence Course" of Westport, CT, that his idol Norman Rockwell was associated with.  While attending Southwest High School in Atlanta, he won a competitive art scholarship and then majored in art at Georgia State College.  He also played on the college golf team and for some years divided his time between art and golf, but golf won out and then he was away from art for too many years. 

But in 2014 he returned to art, but did not expect much success after so many years away.  However his first tentative drawings showed promise, and his improvement was steady; and after a while was able to draw as good and often better than he had in his much earlier years.

Bob's primary interest has always been drawing (primarily people/portraits and still lifes), but in 2018 he decided to return to oil painting.  Again, he didn't expect much success, but after a few practice paintings, his painting began to show promise.  Then after a number of successful oil paintings, he decided to try painting in acrylics.  He found that using acrylic paint suited him in his new interest in abstract art.  But he remains a realistic/traditional artist with abstract art only as a change-of-pace.  Bob found it interesting and helpful that oil and acrylic paint have advantages and disadvantages over the other and are a good option for a painter.

His art displays a keen interest in indicating detail, form, depth, modeling and contrasts between light and dark, with generally sharp edges evident. 

In addition to drawing and painting, Bob has a great interest in the history of art and artists and always has a book on art history handy.
​"Christ in Majesty"
Drawn in pen and ink from a sculpture above the main door of
​Autun Romanesque Cathedral, in France in the 12th Century.
"Two Generations"  oil, 2019
"Imagine: One Big Happy World"  pencil, 2017
 "Norman Rockwell Girl"  pencil, 2017
"Mushroom Morning"  oil, 2019
"Two Horsemen"  oil, 2020
​"Movie Star"  pencil
​"Maria"  oil, 2019
"Four Faces"  pencil, 2020 - Drawn from people in my newspaper.​